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We use ferncos underground but use a shear band, its a stainless steel flat band with clamps that wraps around the outside of the fernco to
prevent movement in the joint. In the end it looks like a mission coupling. It won't work on reducing or enlarging ferncos.

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We use them here all the time. Just have to make sure to do an extra good job with compacting underneath and at least up to the spring line. I've seen many offsets caused only by poor/lazy compaction.

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We us those here as a repair band on water mains.
I've never seen them used on HDPE.

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vince---i use those on water mains----i thought that company went out of business----i bought 20 of each size--2"-10"-- some salesman i know told me they are out of business--i bought each one for $20----believe it or not--they are heavy and expensive--i like using them, i make lots of money

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I see them all the time (ferncos) underground. They suck. A good 30 to 50 percent of the misaligned services I see are failing ferncos at spliced in repairs. Sadly a lot of the time they are necessary unless you want to do a bunch more digging. I put no-hub bands around them to firm them up when I have to use them. Two 2" no hub bands opened up and screwed together work nicely on a 4" fernco. The couplers Vince suggest look nice; I'll try a few.

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I remember a few years ago using a 6" to 4" heavy rubber Fernco coupler to join a 6" clay to 4" PVC sewer pipe underground in front my Toronto house. 5 years later I had to move a sewer clean out off my front lawn to widen a drive way. I dug down to the sewer line (maybe 6-7 feet) and had to remove that Fernco to make alterations and I tell you it was BRAND NEW...ok it was just 5 years that had passed, but still , it was like new. Shiny stainless steel bands & clamps, and the rubber was just as flexible was when it was new...not bad for 5 years!